Ouch.

Our number one movie–kind of–is Mickey 17, but unfortunately, that’s where the good news ends for this expensive R-rated science fiction black comedy (gee, I wonder why this was difficult to sell). Opening to only $19 million against a $118 million budget (although some sources are saying it cost more), there is no way to sugarcoat we are looking at a flop here. Mind you, Mickey had been tracking poorly for months, but there was some hope it might be able to at least premiere higher than $20 million once reviews came in.

Except…let’s talk about those reviews for a minute. One thing I noticed when reading ComingSoon’s writeup of the film is they were really trying to find things to praise about it, but ultimately gave it a six out of ten. That’s not a bad score, but it does speak to the fact that the general consensus is this is a wildly uneven flick. One red flag for me is that critics are saying this is more like Bong Joon-ho’s Snowpiercer than anything else, and I didn’t particularly like that movie (but it’s saying that classism is unfair, so I have to like it, or else that means I love classism). Another consensus is that the villains played by Toni Collette and Mark Ruffalo are essentially wacky cartoon characters (but it’s saying that evil rich people are bad, so I have to like it, or else that means I love evil rich people). What I’m saying is this is a hard pill to sell to general audiences, sadly, and outside of Korea where Joon-ho is considered something of a national hero, Mickey isn’t performing very well anywhere.

But really, the box office overall is a mess right now. I mean, Mufasa is still in the top ten! Clearly many of 2025’s offerings have been underperforming. Did you know Phoebe Waller-Bridge was in an Angel Studios release this week? Could you tell me what the hell In the Lost Lands is even about? Did you even hear about Night of the Zoopocalypse? That last one is 100% fresh over on RT, by the way. Too bad no one is seeing it because no one knows it exists.

Next weekend, the box office will hopefully get a shot of adrenaline when the very funny-looking Novocaine opens, but it’s yet another gory R-rated black comedy, so who knows.

Anyway, the top ten, via The Numbers (because Deadline has yet to get their chart up as I write this):